London's Cemeteries
If you're seeking tranquility, take a tour of one of London's atmospheric cemeteries.
Flush with grand tombs and striking sculptures, London's famous cemeteries are also great for star-spotting - discover Karl Marx's grave at Highgate Cemetery and Marc Bolan at Golders Green Crematorium.
Check out our guide to London's three most beautiful cemeteries.
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Abney Park Cemetery
Cemetery
Stoke Newington High St, Stoke Newington, N16 0LH [map]
A large Victorian cemetery, now mostly wooded, combining wildlife, historical and cultural interest, and situated in a part of London with few good wildlife sites.
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Golders Green Crematorium
Cemetery
Hoop Lane, NW11 7NL [map]
London's first crematorium with extensive columbaria containing the remains of many notable persons from the world of politics, films, theatre, music and the arts, including Neville Chamberlain, Peter Sellers, Ivor Novello, Tommy Handley, Marc Bolan, Anna Pavlova, Sigmund Freud and many more.
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Morden Cemetery
Cemetery
SM4 4NU [map]
This cemetery contains areas of flower-rich grassland, very rare in London and once supporting the only colony of green-winged orchids in London.
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Nunhead Cemetery
Cemetery
Linden Grove, SE15 3LP [map]
Nunhead Cemetery is a 52 acre Victorian burial ground situated on a hill 4 miles south of central London.
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Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
Cemetery
Southern Grove, The Soanes Centre, E3 4PX [map]
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park (known locally as Bow Cemetery) is a historic Cemetery located in London's East End.
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Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park and the Soanes Centre
Cemetery
E3 4PX [map]
A large Victorian cemetery, now the only sizeable woodland in a very large area of east London.
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West Norwood Cemetery
Cemetery
Norwood Road, SE27 9JU [map]
Opened in 1837, the cemetery contains 64 listed monuments of outstanding architecture.
